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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



wliicli he had for sale, and to all ap- 

 pearances had quite a trade. 



Wr. John Rudd, of this city, made 

 quite a nice display, as did also Mr. 

 II. II. Smith, of tliis county, and one 

 or more others. 



I might just remark that consider- 

 ing the auiouut of money given In 

 prizes, the bee-keepers of this section 

 have done extra well this year ; the 

 total amount given in prizes is $11. 

 The directois still stick to the prize 

 list, which tliey adopted eleven years 

 ago, but vvliich will be considerably 

 larger next year I hope. 



London, Out., Oct. 5, 1883. 



For tlie American Bee JoumaL 



Bee & Honey Show at St. Joseph, Mo. 



The display of bees and the various 

 pruducts and appliances of the apiary 

 at the Inter State Exposition, which 

 has jast closed, has been a most satis- 

 factory one, and shows that the in- 

 terest in bee-culture is fast gaining 

 ground in this part of the West. The 

 display at last year's Exposition was 

 very encouraging, and the impetus 

 given to this industry by the interest 

 manifested then, showed itself plainly 

 this fall. The exliibit was fully 300 

 per cent, better than it has ever'been 

 before, and that is saying a great 

 deal. It is beginning to be plainly 

 seen that as a honey-producing coun- 

 try, this has many advantages, and 

 apiaries are scattered here and there 

 in close proximity. 



Our Exposition manager. President 

 >i. K. W. Ilartwig, and Secretary C. 

 ¥. Ernst, are deserving of great jiraise 

 for the very liberal and excellent ar- 

 rangemenis offered exhibitors to dis- 

 play every thing pertaining to " bees 

 and honey " to the very best advan- 

 tage. They evidently appreciate the 

 growing interest this valuable indus- 

 try is developing throughout out 

 entire country. 



The apiarian department was under 

 the charge of Mr. D. G. Parker, who 

 acted as superintendent, and was to 

 be found at his post night and day. 

 He resides about seven miles south of 

 this city, where he has SO colonies of 

 bees, and is provided with all the 

 modern apiary appliances. He has 

 made the subject of bee-cuture a 

 study for more than eight years, and 

 while well-versed in the art, is an en- 

 thusiastic admirer of fine bees and 

 honey. He also has quite a large 

 class of amateur bee-keepers that are 

 progressing finely under his teach- 

 ings Mr. Parker had several colonies 

 of bees, also a large amount of mag- 

 niticent honey on exhibition, but 

 being superintendent of the depart- 

 ment, did not make any entries. The 

 exhibition embraced nearly 3,000 lbs. 

 of honey and 20 colonies of bees, also 

 queens in wire cage, nuclei in obseva- 

 tory hive, in which the bees could be 

 plainly seen at work aboii^ the comb. 

 These are all familiar to bee-keepers, 

 but to those not initiated in the art. 

 they call forth expressions of great 

 surprise and delight, and show that 

 the spirit of progress is abroad in the 

 land. 



Among the prominent exhibitors, 

 were Mr. J. L. Smith, Lawson,Mo.; 

 Mr. Ernst Shuman, Breckenridge, 

 Mo. ; Miss Pateet, St. Joseph, Mo.; 

 Mr. J.B. Stancliff, Brookfield, Mo.; 

 Mr. J. Madinges, St. Joseph. Mo. ; 

 Mrs. Rov, King Hill, Mo. ; Mr. D. A. 

 Pike, Siiiithburg, Md. ; Mr. II. Sco- 

 viUe, Columbus, Kans. ; Mr. E. F. 

 Gordon, St. Joseph, ilo. Mr. Scoville's 

 exhibit was a very interesting one. 

 consisting of a bee library and apiary 

 appliances of every description used 

 in modern bee keeping, including 30 

 varieties of seeds of honey-produing 

 plants, also sample copies of 18 bee 

 periodicals from all parts of the 

 world. Large crowds visited this 

 department during the entire week, 

 and Mr. Parker was indefatigable in 

 explaining everything to the specta- 

 tors. 



The premium's were awarded as 

 follows : Rest display of bee-keep- 

 ers' tools, implements and tixtures, 

 best bee feeder, best honey knife, 

 best bee smoker, best comb founda- 

 tion, best bee veil, wax extractor, 

 largest assortment of honey-produc- 

 ing plants, and best display of Ital- 

 ian queen bees, to Scoville & Ander- 

 son. 



Best and largest display of honey in 

 comb, E. Shuman, Breckenridge Mo., 

 2d premium, J. B. Stancliff, Brook- 

 field, Mo. 



Best and largest display of extracted 

 honey, J. L. Smith, Lawson, Mo. 



Best colony of bees in hive, includ- 

 ing handling and subjugation, E. F. 

 Gordon, St. .Joseph, Mo. 



Best foundation machine, Ernst 

 Shuman, Breckenridge, Mo. 



Best honey extractor, also best dis- 

 play of honey. Miss Pateet, St. Joseph, 

 Mo. 



Best and largest display of comb 

 honey, J. L. Smith, of Lawson, Mo. 



Best display of Italian bees, E. 

 Shuman, Breckenridge, Mo. 



The brilliant success of this exhi- 

 bition v.ill undoubtedly add many 

 new recruits to this pleasant, inter- 

 esting and profitable industry. II. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 29, 1883. 



For the American Bee JoumaL 



Section Hacks Again. 



T. E, TURNER. 



It is a little out of season for an 

 article upon surplus arrangements, as 

 the season for surplus honey in most 

 localities has closed, but my surplus 

 time was all occupied looking after 

 bees, honey, and other things, when 

 an article on section racks would have 

 been most appropriate. But it is 

 never too late to " do a good act." 



I have no ax to grind, and I trust 

 your readers will bear in mind that I 

 am not a supply manufacturer and 

 dealer, and have no personal interest 

 in any particular rack, but that I have 

 an interest in whatever will be for the 

 advancement of apiculture. 



Inquiries have been made in the 

 Bee Journal of Mr Ileddon, about 

 his r.ick, how he gets tlie sections 

 out of it, and how iie can tell when 

 they are full '^ Now. if we look at it. 



a rectangular box, the right size to 

 hold a certain number of sections, 

 with a bottom board to place on top 

 of tlie hive with % inch space under it 

 over the brood frames, and the same 

 space oil top under the sections, we 

 will not think it strange that the ordi- 

 nary bee-keeper should ask such 

 questions. 



Some years ago I was ready to ask 

 tlie same questions of a Wisconsin 

 apiarist, manufacturer and dealer in 

 bee keepers' supplies, about a similar 

 rack, biit the portable -sided rack with 

 glass views put a stop to such in- 

 quiries. 



An ingenious fellow can master the 

 situation and meet the necessities of 

 the case by a process of underpinning 

 the racks inverted, and knocking the 

 sections down and out, but others set 

 about to improve the rack itself with 

 portable sides, so the sections could 

 be removed with ease without any 

 knocking and jarring, and with glass 

 in the sides so the sections could be 

 seen when full without removing the 

 honey board. 



Kow, I need not ask any one how to 

 remove the sections and how to tell 

 when they are full ; but can look 

 through the glass and see into the 

 sections without disturbing the bees, 

 and take away the racks from three 

 or four sets of sections per minute, if 

 desired, and leave them on the table 

 ready for casing. This is three or 

 four times as tast as Mr. Heddon 

 claims li^an remove them from his 

 rack by^Bj^toost ingenious under- 

 pinning iffl^^^^mi^^own process. 

 Then his rack^BPI^Pffit? too much 

 space between the bottom of the sec- 

 tions and the brood-chamber, Jg inch 

 under the honey board, and % inch 

 above it, and f^ inch for it (liouey 

 board), will make ly inches between. 

 It is universally admitted that the 

 nearer the sections are to the brood- 

 chamber, the quicker the bees will 

 occupy them, and hence the more 

 honey they will put in them. 



Then in tiering up there is % inch 

 between each set of sections when 

 there should be none at all. The r.icks 

 should be no deeper than the sections, 

 414 inches, and then one tier will set 

 right on another, leaving no space be- 

 tween tiers, and but % inch space over 

 the brood frames under the honey 

 board. 



The sections should stand on a 

 honey board with slats the same dis- 

 tance apart as the bee-passages be- 

 tween them, which will protect thera 

 from propolis and any waxing in the 

 top or bottom. Experience has 

 taught that bees will wax the bottom 

 and tops of sections more or less when 

 they are exposed, and I believe bee- 

 nature under the same conditions is 

 the same the world over. This would 

 be a great improvement in the way of 

 keeping the sections clean, and would 

 be far in advance of the old broad 

 frame system. 



The broad frames for holding sec- 

 tions with its inconveniences is fast 

 giving place to the new racks, just as 

 fast as bee-keepers are becoming en- 

 lightened in the best modes of hold- 

 ing sections in place 011 top of the 

 hive. Tliestatiouery-sided rack with- 



